Volume of services falls 3.5% in August
October 15, 2015 10h11 AM | Last Updated: January 18, 2018 04h55 PM
Period
|
Volume
|
Nominal Revenue
|
---|---|---|
August 2015 / August 2014
|
-3.5%
|
1.0%
|
Cumulative in 2015
|
-2.6%
|
2.1%
|
Cumulative in 12 months
|
-1.1%
|
3.0%
|
In August, the services sector in Brazil registered a negative change of 3.5% in terms of volume of services when compared with the same month in the previous year, against -4.2% in July and -2.2% in June. Except for March, which recorded a growth of 2.3%, it maintained the row of negative figures in 2015. The cumulative rate in the year stood at -2.6% and in 12 months, at -1.1%.
Compared with August 2014, only the segment of Information and communication services grew in terms of volume of services (0.2%). The negative changes per segment were: Services rendered to families (-8.2%), Professional, administrative and complementary services (-5.2%), Transportation, support activities for transportation and mailing activities (-4.4%) and Other services (-12.5%). The special aggregate of Tourism activities grew 0.1%.
In this same comparison, nominal revenue increased 1.0% and became the second lowest rate in the time series started in 2012, only after that of February 2015 (0.9%). The cumulative rate of nominal revenue in the year reached 2.1% and in 12 months, 3.0%.
This is the first time that the IBGE releases the volume indexes, the disaggregation of the activity of 'Communication and information technology services' into two new series: 'Telecommunications' and 'Information technology services', and the Index of Tourism Activities - IATUR. The series of the new indexes are available retroactively to January 2012. Click here to access the complete publication.
Table 1
INDICATORS OF VOLUME OF SERVICES, ACCORDING TO GROUPS OF ACTIVITIES
BRAZIL - AUGUST 2015
Activities | Month/Same Month Last Year | Cumulative | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Change Rate (%) | Change Rate (%) | ||||
JUN
|
JUL
|
AUG
|
In the Year
|
12 Months
|
|
Brazil |
- 2.2
|
- 4.2
|
- 3.5
|
- 2.6
|
- 1.1
|
1 - Services rendered to families |
- 2.6
|
- 1.9
|
- 8.2
|
- 4.8
|
- 4.3
|
1.1 - Lodging and food services |
- 2.7
|
- 2.0
|
- 8.7
|
- 5.3
|
- 4.7
|
1.2 - Other services rendered to families |
- 1.6
|
- 0.9
|
- 5.2
|
- 1.9
|
- 2.0
|
2 - Information and communication services |
- 0.8
|
- 0.2
|
0.2
|
1.2
|
1.7
|
2.1 - ICT services |
2.4
|
- 0.5
|
- 0.5
|
2.1
|
2.6
|
2.11 - Telecommunications |
2.0
|
- 0.9
|
- 1.4
|
1.2
|
1.8
|
2.12 - Information technology services |
3.7
|
0.7
|
2.6
|
5.6
|
5.7
|
2.2- Audiovisual, publishing and news agency services |
- 18.9
|
2.0
|
5.3
|
- 5.0
|
- 4.0
|
3 - Professional, administrative and complementary services |
- 1.3
|
- 3.9
|
- 5.2
|
- 2.4
|
- 1.0
|
3.1 - Technical-professional services |
- 6.3
|
- 7.1
|
- 5.3
|
- 8.8
|
- 6.4
|
3.2 - Administrative and complementary services |
0.5
|
- 2.8
|
- 5.1
|
- 0.2
|
0.9
|
4 - Transportation, support activities for transportation and mailing activities |
- 3.6
|
- 8.5
|
- 4.4
|
- 5.6
|
- 3.2
|
4.1 - Land transportation |
- 7.4
|
- 10.7
|
- 10.5
|
- 9.3
|
- 5.8
|
4.2 - Waterway transportation |
21.1
|
24.2
|
20.9
|
18.7
|
16.5
|
4.3 - Air transportation |
6.0
|
- 18.3
|
17.4
|
1.1
|
3.2
|
4.4 - Storage services, support activities for transportation and mailing activities |
- 2.0
|
- 4.6
|
- 2.8
|
- 3.8
|
- 2.6
|
5 - Other services |
- 7.2
|
- 8.9
|
- 12.5
|
- 8.2
|
- 5.8
|
Tourism activities |
- 0.2
|
- 5.7
|
0.1
|
- 2.4
|
- 1.6
|
The segment of Services rendered to families retracted 8.2% in terms of volume of services in August over the same month in the previous year, against -1.9% in July and -2.6% in June, maintaining the time series constantly negative since May 2014. It was the second highest retraction in the time series started in January 2012, only after the retraction of 9.1% posted in May 2015. The cumulative rate in the year stood at -4.8% and in 12 months, at -4.3%. Lodging and food services and Other services rendered to families declined 8.7% and 5.2%, respectively
Information and communication services registered a growth in terms of volume of services of 0.2% in August when compared with the same month last year, against -0.2% in July and -0.8% in June. The cumulative change in the year stood at 1.2% and, in 12 months, at 1.7%. Communication and information technology services - ICT negatively changed 0.5% in terms of volume of services, highlighted by Telecommunications (-1.4%) and Information technology services (2.6%). Audiovisual, publishing and news agency services grew 5.3% in terms of volume of services.
The segment of Professional, administrative and complementary services dropped 5.2% in terms of volume of services in August when compared with the same month a year ago, against a drop of 3.9% in July and 1.3% in June. The cumulative rate in the year stood at -2.4% and, in 12 months, at -1.0%. Technical-professional services, which correspond to knowledge-intensive services, declined 5.3% in terms of volume of services and Administrative and complementary services, which encompass labor-intensive services, declined 5.1%.
The segment of Transportation, support activities for transportation and mailing activities registered a negative change of volume of 4.4% in August over the same month last year. In July and June, this segment posted negative changes of 8.5% and 3.6%, respectively. The cumulative rate in the year stood at -5.6% and, in 12 months, at -3.2%. In terms of mode, the figures for volume were: Land transportation (-10.5%), Waterway transportation (20.9%), and Air transportation (17.4%). The activity of Storage services, support activities for transportation and mailing activities registered a decrease of 2.8%.
The segment of Other services changed -12.5% in terms of volume in August, against -8.9% in July and -7.2% in June. The cumulative change in the year stood at -8.2% and, in 12 months, at -5.8%.
Tourism activities increased 0.1% in August when compared with August 2014, against a retraction of 5.7% in July and 0.2% in June. The cumulative growth in the year stayed at -2.4% and the cumulative in 12 months, at -1.6%.
Regional results
In regional terms, only six Federation Units recorded positive changes of volume in relation to August 2014: Rondônia (9.6%), Roraima (5.7%), Mato Grosso (3.8%), Mato Grosso do Sul (3.3%), Rio Grande do Norte (2.6%) and the Federal District (2.1%). The highest negative changes were reported in Amapá (-14.2%), Maranhão (-12.2%) and Sergipe (-7.8%).
Graph 8
Change rate of volume of services, by Federation Unit,